Filling catcher



P 1949. c. E. PELLETIER 2,482,363

FILLING CATCHER Filed Jan; 23, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet l l I I ma :2 r

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ATTD R N EYS Patented Sept. 20, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FILLING CATCHER Charles Emile Pelletier, Suncook, N. H.

Application January 23, 1947, Serial No. 723,780

The present invention relates to a filling catcher for looms and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements of parts herein described and claimed.

It is an object of the invention to provide means for quickly cutting and removing loose threads from the raceboard cover of a loom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tensioning for the first thread moving across a 100m when there has been a change of bobbins.

In rayon weaving looms the raceboards are covered with materials such as mohair, felt, velvet or the like and the threads of the weft are very, apt to become entangled with such material if not kept free from it. Another object of the present invention, is therefore, the provision of means for dropping off the loose weft threads completely out of the way of the raceboard cover.

Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent from a reading of the following specification taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the invention,

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the invention in locked position,

Figure 3 is an enlarged plan view of the apparatus forming my invention,

Figure 4 is a side elevational view of Figure 3, and

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, there is shown therein my apparatus attached to the battery stand of a loom preferably by bolting the same thereto. The numeral I indicates a base which is fastened to the breast beam by the side of the battery stand of the loom in any suitable manner and it is provided with a pair of short vertically extending arms II in which is slidably mounted a rod l2. A detent or collar I3 is affixed to the rod between the arms II by means of a lockin screw I4 and a coil spring I surrounds the rod and bears against the detent I3 at one end and against one of the arms II at its other end. The detent I3 is provided with a forwardly sloping top face IS.

The rod I2 is L-shaped being bent at a right angle and a vertically disposed leg I'I thereof carries a rearwardly projecting lay engaging stop l8 having an adjustable head I9 and is locked in position upon the rod I2 by means of a screw 20.

A filling hook 2| is provided with a shank 22 having an elongated slot 23 cut therein allowing 3 Claims. (Cl. 139-256) for its slidable engagement with a pair of bolts 24 carried by a filling hook arm 25 adjustably secured to the rod I2 by means of a screw 26. A spring 21 is mounted upon a pin 28 and its free end 29 is adapted to bear against the shank 22 of the filling hook 2 l.

A latch arm 30 is pivotally attached to the base It as indicated at 3| and is normally urged downwardly by a coil spring 32 also carried by the base I9. The arm 30 extends across the rod I2 and its associated spring I5 and thence rearwardly, terminatin in a lip 33 having an opening 34 therein.

A vertically extending rod 35, adapted to be reciprocated by the uplift member 5 of the loom, is slidably mounted in the opening 34 and is provided with an adjustable stop member 36 above the opening 34 and a like member 31 at a point below said opening.

The arm 38 is cut away as indicated at 38 in Figure 5 for the reception of the upper half of the rod I2 and its associated spring I5 and in such manner as to provide a locking lip 39 for engagement with the squared end 40 of the detent l3.

Reference to Figure 2 will show the apparatus in locked position. The dotted lines 4| and 42 therein indicate the incoming and outgoing wefts caught by the filling hook 2I. The filling hook is unlocked by means of an upward motion of the rod 35 being actuated by the uplift mechanism of the loom which goes into action when a bobbin is about to be changed. Such upward movement of the rod 35 causes the stop 31 to impinge against the arm 30 allowing the detent I3 to move rearwardly by action of the spring I5 to the position shown in Figure 1.

The rod l2 and its associated parts, including the filling hook 2|, are then moved back again by pressure applied on the lay engaging stop I8 coming into contact with the loom lay. Since the rod 35 has not completely returned to its normal position, the arm 30 will not lock with the detent I3 at this time but will allow the rod I2 to again return to its rearward position. Upon the loom lay again striking the stop l8, the rod 35 will have travelled completely back to its normal position and the detent I3 will now slide under the cut away portion 38 of the arm 30 and be again locked in the position shown in Figure 2.

The slidable mounting of the shank 22 of the filling hook 2I is a safety measure. If the hook should come into contact with the shuttle, no breakage will occur as the hook will move back 3 against the action of the spring 21. which will return it to normal position when the obstruction has moved on.

' While but one form of the invention has been shown and described herein, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many minor modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is: V A

1. In a filling catching attachment for a loom, the combination which comprises a base to be mounted on the breast beam of a loom, an l-.= shaped rod slidably mounted in the base and posi tioned with a vertically positioned leg thereof extended downwardly, a collar having a sloping surface on the forward end carried by the'rod, a spring on said rod urging the collar rearwardly,

a latch arm pivotally mounted on said base and extended across the L-shaped rod for locking the rod through the collar thereof, said latch arm through the collar thereof, said latch arm positioned to be reciprocated vertically to unlock the said collar when the loom makes a bobbin change, an adjustable'lay engaging stop carried by the vertically positioned leg of the L-shaped rod, a filling hook arm also carried by said L-shaped rod, a filling hook slidably mounted on said filling hook arm, and means adjusting the said filling hook arm vertically on the said vertically positioned leg of the L=shaped rod.

3. In a filling catching attachment for a loom, the combination which comprises a base to be mounted on the breast beam of a loom, an L4 shaped rod slidably mounted in the base and positioned with a vertically positioned leg thereof extended'downwardly, a collar having a sloping surface on, the forward end carried by the rod, a spring on said rod urging the collar rearpositioned to be reciprocated vertically to unlock the said collar when the 100m makes a bobbin change, an adjustable lay engaging stop carr166. by the vertically positioned leg of the L- shaped rod, a filling hook arm also carried by said L-shaped rod, a filling hook slidably mounted onsaid filling hook arm, and means urging said filling hook rearwardly.

2. In a filling catching attachment for a 100m, the combination which comprises a base to be mounted on the breast beam of Va loom, an L- shaped rod slidably mounted in the base and positioned with a vertically positioned leg thereof extended downwardly, a collar having asloping surface on the forward end carried by the rod, a spring on said rod urging the collar rearwardly, a latch arin pivotally mounted on said base andextended across the L-shaped rod for locking the rod ,wardly, a latcharm pivotally mounted on said base and extended across the L-shaped rod for locking the rod through the collar thereof, said latch arm positioned to be reciprocated vertically to unlock the said collar when the loom makes a bobbin change, and resilient means on the base urging the said latch arm downwardly.

PELLETIER, REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,009,178 Rhoades Nov. 21, 1911 1,716,045 Gordon et a1. June 4, 1929 2,141,062 Drolet 1 Dec. 20, 1938 2,385,034 Sheetz et al. I Sept. 18, 1945 

